What is meant when politicians and lawyers talk of an opt-out, of multi-speed Europe, of variable geometry and even of European Union a la carte? Will closer co-operation be authorized, and where? These and many other questions are addressed in this work, which deals with the intriguing and controversial development of increased differentiation in European Union law. Adopting a law in context approach, it offers an analysis of differentiation from the Treaty of Rome to the present, including the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference and the Treaty of Amsterdam, a categorization of differentiation...

Investigating, dissolving, and punishing cartels is increasingly a top priority for the European Commission and for national competition authorities. This work offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive examination of the substantive law and procedure of EU competition law as it applies to cartels as well as to other horizontal agreements.
This unique work supplies the views of both private practitioners and public enforcers. The private practitioners discuss their day-to-day experience and share the insights which they believe their fellow-practitioners should be aware of. The public...

A new edition of an established practitioner text providing a detailed and practical analysis of the entire scope of the law relating to vertical agreements.